Arthur St. Clair - Death and Legacy

Death and Legacy

Arthur St. Clair, Patriot and a Founder of the United States of America, died in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on August 31, 1818 in his eighties and in poverty; his vast wealth dissipated by generous gifts and loans, and by business reverses, but, mainly by the refusal of Congress to reimburse him for money that he had loaned during the Revolution and while governor of the Northwest Territory. He lived with his daughter Louisa St. Clair Robb and her family on the ridge between Ligonier and Greensburg. St. Clair's remains are buried under a Masonic monument in St. Clair Park in downtown Greensburg. His wife Phoebe died shortly after and is buried beside him.

A portion of The Hermitage, St. Clair's home in Youngstown, Pennsylvania was later moved to Ligonier, Pennsylvania, where it is now preserved, along with St. Clair artifacts and memorabilia at the Fort Ligonier Museum.

An American Civil War steamer was named USS St. Clair.

Places named in honor of Arthur St. Clair include:

In Pennsylvania:

• Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania
• St. Clairsville, Pennsylvania
• St. Clair Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
• East St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
• West St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
• The St. Clair neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

In Ohio:

• St. Clair Township in Columbiana County, Ohio,
• St. Clairsville, Ohio
• Fort St. Clair park in Eaton, Ohio

Other States:

• St. Clair County, Illinois
• St. Clair County, Michigan
• St. Clair County, Missouri
• St. Clair County, Alabama